Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:39:45 10/16/00
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On October 16, 2000 at 19:11:33, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On October 16, 2000 at 00:18:02, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On October 15, 2000 at 16:57:27, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>[snip] >>>If you haven't operated a program you wrote, in an overseas tournament, you >>>should try it. Nothing like wanting to barf for six hours, then having to eat >>>some random dried piece of who knows what, because the next round is starting >>>now, wanting to barf for five more hours, and getting out right after all the >>>restaurants have closed. >>> >>>bruce >> >>Thank you for that vivid imagery. <grin> >> >>Dave > >Try it and see. > >bruce I think it is nearly impossible to explain what goes on at a computer chess event to someone that has not been 'baptised in fire'. I almost always showed up at ACM and WCCC events sick. Due to staying up 20 hours a day for weeks prior to the event, tweaking everything possible and testing like mad. Then the tournament is between computers. The operators "don't count". I can't count the number of times we got out of a round to find _zero_ places to eat open. Good for room service if it is available. But at 2am and beyond, even they say "go away".
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